"I am offering a libation," he said. "Ta-Sardar-Gor."
"What does that mean?" I asked.
"It means---to the Priest-Kings of Gor!"
-Outlaw of Gor, pg. 13
A free woman's name, of course, tends to remain constant. A Gorean free woman does not change her name in the ceremony of the Free Companionship. She remains who she was. In such a ceremony two free individuals have elected to become companions. The Earth woman, as a consequence of certain mating ceremonials, may change her last name. The first and other names, however, tend to remain constant. From the Gorean point of view the wife of Earth occupies a status which is higher than that of the slave but lower than that of the Free Companion.
-Explorers of Gor, pg. 365
It is common Gorean hospitality to offer the use of one's slaves to guests, if they should find them attractive.
-Fighting Slave of Gor, pg. 174
Citizenship
Young men and women of the city, when coming of age, participate in a ceremony which involves the swearing of oaths, and the sharing of bread. fire and salt. In this ceremony the Home Stone of the city is held by each young person and kissed. Only then are the laurel wreath and the mantle of citizenship conferred. This is a moment no young person of Ar forgets. The youth of Earth have no Home Stone. Citizenship, interestingly, in most Gorean cities is conferred only upon the coming of age, and only after certain examinations are passed. Further, the youth of Gor, in most cities, must be vouched for by citizens of the city, not related in blood to him, and be questioned before a committee of citizens, intent upon determining his worthiness or lack thereof to take the Home Stone of the city as his own. Citizenship in most Gorean communities is not something accrued in virtue of the accident of birth but earned in virtue of intent and application. The sharing of a Home Stone is no light thing in a Gorean city.
-Slave Girl of Gor - pg. 394
"I am surprised to hear such sentiments," I said, "from those who must once have held and kissed the Home Stone of Ar."
This was a reference to the citizenship ceremony which, following the oath of allegiance to the city, involves an actual touching of the city's Home Stone. This may be the only time in the life of a citizen of the city that they actually touch the Home Stone. In Ar, as in many Gorean cities, citizenship is confirmed in a ceremony of this sort. Nonperformance of this ceremony, upon reaching intellectual majority, can be a cause for expulsion from the city. The rationale seems to be that the community has a right to expect allegiance from its members.
-Vagabonds of Gor, pg. 303
Pilgrimage to the Sardar Mountain
Each Gorean, whether male or female, is expected to see the Sardar Mountains, in honor of the Priest-Kings, at least once in his life prior to his 25th year.
-Priest-Kings of Gor, pg. 12
Kajuralia
The Kajuralia, or the Holiday of Slaves, or Festival of Slaves, occurs in most of the northern, civilized cities of known Gor once a year. The only exception to this that I know of is Port Kar, in the delta of the Vosk. The date of the Kajuralia, however, differs. Many cities celebrate it on the last day of the Twelfth Passage Hand, the day before the beginning of the Waiting Hand; in Ar, however, and certain other cities, it is celebrated on the last day of the fifth month, which is the day preceding the Love Feast.
-Assassin of Gor - pg. 229
He put forth his goblet but, suddenly, unexpectedly, she drew back the pitcher.
“What is the meaning of this?” he cried.
“Kajuralia!” she laughed.
“Will you not serve me?” asked Relius in anger.
Virginia Kent, to my amazement, put aside the pitcher of wine.
“I would serve you,” she said, and put her hands behind his neck and suddenly pressed her lips, to the delight of those present, boldly to his.
“Kajuralia,” she whispered.
“Kajuralia,” mumbled he, closing his arms upon her, devouring her.
-Assassin of Gor - pg. 239
Looking Into The Blood a Gorean Ritual
After killing a foe or beast the victor drinks a mouthful of the victims blood then.....
"One looks into the blood in one's cupped hands. It is said that if one sees
one's visage black and wasted one will die of disease, if one sees oneself torn and scarlet one will die in battle, if one sees oneself old and white haired, one will die in peace and leave children."
"Scavengers come to feast on the bodies of wounded tarnsmen." It was a Gorean proverb..
-Tarnsman of Gor, pg. 116
"More real than the law is the heart," said the girl, quoting a proverb of the Tahari.
-Tribesmen of Gor, pg. 146
It is said, in a Gorean proverb, that a man, in his heart, desires freedom, and that a woman, in her belly, yearns for love. The collar, in its way, answers both needs. The man is most free, owning the slave. He may do what he wishes with her. The woman, on the other hand, being owned, is institutionally and helplessly subject, in her status as slave, to the submissions of love.
-Slave Girl of Gor, pg. 180
"The sword must drink until its thirst is satisfied," said Callimachus. It was a Gorean proverb.
-Guardsman of Gor, pg. 17
"Beware the sleen that seems to sleep," is a Gorean proverb.
-Guardsman of Gor, pg. 50
"There is a Gorean proverb that a man who is returning to his city is not to be detained."
-Outlaw of Gor, page 37
"There is a saying on Gor that the laws of a city extend no further than its walls."
-Outlaw of Gor, page 50
But the Goreans have a saying, which came to me in the darkness, in the hall, “Do not ask the stones or the trees how to live; they cannot tell you; they do not have tongues; do not ask the wise man how to live, for, if he knows, he will know he cannot tell you; if you would learn how to live, do not ask the question; its answer is not in the question but in the answer, which is not in words; do not ask how to live, but, instead, proceed to do so.”
-Marauders of Gor, page 9